Nintendo NX use of cartridges hinted at by US Trademark System
It appears this Nintendo NX using cartridges rumor has some serious legs now that this trademark has been discovered.
There’s still a lot we don’t know about the Nintendo NX, such as what it’ll look like and what kind of experience Nintendo plans on delivering to gamers once it’s released. One rumor for the Nintendo NX that continues to pop up is its possible use of physical media, but today, those rumor flames have been fanned once again.
NeoGAF member Atheerios found some interesting documents while browsing the US trademark system. Trademarks for Wii U and 3DS games make mention of game discs and cartridges, respectively, but when browsing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s listing, something interesting popped up. Both “video game discs” and “video game cartridges” show up in the Good and Services section of the filing.
We know Nintendo will release both a Wii U and NX version of the game at the same time. While we know the Wii U is a disc-based console, this leads us to believe there may be some legitimacy to previous rumors of the NX using physical media, such as a game cartridge.
Considering trademark listings for the Wii U and 3DS make mention of their media type, seeing Breath of the Wild’s trademark list both a game disc and game cartridge shouldn’t be considered a mistake on Nintendo’s part.
As of now, Nintendo has yet to disclose much regarding the Nintendo NX. Hopefully we’ll hear more about the upcoming console in the near future, and if it’ll return to the use of game cartridges.
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I am still 100% convinced that the NX isn't just a console that it is a platform. Where you have an AMD x86 console (probably around the PS4 NEO in power). And a separate handheld system. That share the same library and the handheld can be used as a controller/streaming device for the console.
So at home you have the same functionality as the WiiU controller where you can play games without the TV on in high fidelity. But as you leave the house you can still play your games at a lower resolution/fidelity. I would expect the handheld to be a bit more powerful than the WiiU.
So cartridges would make sense.-
That would be cool. Then the handheld could either read the carts or could have enough onboard memory to download like 2-3 games from the main console.
Reading the carts would probably make the most sense. Not only would it make the handheld cheaper, but it would make it more user friendly and viable as a stand alone system. -
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Presumably they would be using similar solid state ROM tech as the 3DS cartridges.
The foundry Macronix also recently had a die shrink which would allow double the density. Doubling in the same form would put them at only 16GB so I imagine the NX would use larger cards than the 3DS. Aside from the fact that they wouldn't want them to be confused. -
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